VirtualGlobetrotting: New Zealand Maps & Satellite Images1VirtualGlobetrotting Live View0http://virtualglobetrotting.com/countries/NZ/export-0.kmlBBOX=[bboxWest],[bboxSouth],[bboxEast],[bboxNorth]onStopBermudaBreeze (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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This is the home of the three-time Academy Award-winning New Zealand director, producer and writer, best known for The Lord of the Rings trilogy adapted from the novels by J. R. R. Tolkien.[1] He is also known for his 2005 remake of King Kong.[2]

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This is the Coatesville, New Zealand mansion of Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz or Kim Tim Jim Vestor), the founder and "chief innovation officer" of MegaUpload. He is a computer hacker turned online file-sharing tycoon at the centre of an FBI-led crackdown on online piracy that has spread to New Zealand. He is a a resident of both Hong Kong and New Zealand, and a dual citizen of Finland and German. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Schmitz gained notoriety as a computer criminal who was convicted of credit card fraud, hacking, insider trading, and embezzlement.

New Zealand's most expensive home the $30 million "Chrisco" mansion is understood to have finally sold. Nearly two years after owners Richard and Ruth Bradley founders of the Chrisco Christmas hamper empire moved to Sydney, the 24.3ha estate has been taken over by a Finnish man in a long-term lease deal. The mansion was completed in 2006, and features six bedrooms, a tennis court, a lap pool, and a large tropical fish tank. A barn and garage area sits next to the main house, overlooking a roll of hills, palm trees and a garden maze. The grounds also feature life-size sculptures of a mother and baby giraffe and a realistic rhinoceros.

A computer hacker turned online file-sharing tycoon is the man at the centre of an FBI-led crackdown on online piracy that has spread to New Zealand. Kim Dotcom (also known as Kim Schmitz) is a 39-year-old German who also holds Finnish citizenship, and has Hong Kong and New Zealand residency. He lives in New Zealand's most expensive house - the $30 million former Chrisco mansion in Coatesville, north of Auckland - which was raided by police on Friday morning as they executed search warrants as part of a probe into the Schmitz-founded file-sharing website www.megaupload.com.

Megaupload.com, a file-sharing website, was shut down as part of an alleged $175 million copyright infringement conspiracy, triggering an online protest that disrupted websites of the U.S. Justice Department and movie and music trade groups. Charges against seven individuals, Megaupload Ltd. and Vestor Ltd. were unsealed yesterday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, after four of the alleged conspirators were arrested in Auckland, New Zealand. Three suspects remain at large, according to the Justice Department. Two corporations – Megaupload Limited and Vestor Limited – were indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on January 5th, 2012, and charged with “engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money laundering and two substantive counts of criminal copyright infringement.” On January 19, 2012, the authorities executed in excess of 20 search warrants in the United States and eight other countries. This is where one of those took place.

Prosecutors said the conspiracy was led by Kim Dotcom, a 37-year-old resident of Hong Kong and New Zealand, and a dual citizen of Finland and Germany, who had legally changed his last name. Dotcom founded Megaupload Ltd. and is the director and sole shareholder of Vestor Ltd., according to the indictment.

In 2010, Dotcom received more than $42 million from the conspiracy, the indictment alleges. Dotcom, who also goes by Kim Schmitz and Kim Tim Jim Vestor, was one of those arrested. In 2002, Dotcom, then using the name Schmitz, was deported from Thailand to Germany to face insider trading and fraud charges. He was a hacker who cracked the computer systems of banks and government organizations including those of Citibank Ltd. and the U.S. Pentagon, then fled to Thailand to avoid indictment in Germany, Deutsche Presse Agentur reported. The other three taken into custody were: Finn Batato, a German resident and chief marketing officer, Mathias Ortmann, co-founder and director, and Bram van der Kolk, who oversees programming of the Megaupload websites. Julius Bencko, a resident of Slovakia and graphic designer, Sven Echternach, a resident of Germany and head of business development, and Andrus Nomm, a citizen of Estonia and head of software development, were also charged. Assets belonging to the founders including a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe among luxury cars.

Megaupload is advertised as having more than 1 billion visits to the site, more than 150 million registered users, 50 million daily visitors, and accounts for 4 percent of Internet traffic, prosecutors said. The case is U.S. v. Dotcom, 12-00003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria).

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New Zealand's most expensive home the $30 million "Chrisco" mansion is understood to have finally sold. Nearly two years after owners Richard and Ruth Bradley founders of the Chrisco Christmas hamper empire moved to Sydney, the 24.3ha estate has been taken over by a Finnish man in a long-term lease deal. The mansion was completed in 2006, and features six bedrooms, a tennis court, a lap pool, and a large tropical fish tank. A barn and garage area sits next to the main house, overlooking a roll of hills, palm trees and a garden maze. The grounds also feature life-size sculptures of a mother and baby giraffe and a realistic rhinoceros.

A computer hacker turned online file-sharing tycoon is the man at the centre of an FBI-led crackdown on online piracy that has spread to New Zealand. Kim Dotcom (also known as Kim Schmitz) is a 39-year-old German who also holds Finnish citizenship, and has Hong Kong and New Zealand residency. He lives in New Zealand's most expensive house - the $30 million former Chrisco mansion in Coatesville, north of Auckland - which was raided by police on Friday morning as they executed search warrants as part of a probe into the Schmitz-founded file-sharing website www.megaupload.com.

Megaupload.com, a file-sharing website, was shut down as part of an alleged $175 million copyright infringement conspiracy, triggering an online protest that disrupted websites of the U.S. Justice Department and movie and music trade groups. Charges against seven individuals, Megaupload Ltd. and Vestor Ltd. were unsealed yesterday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, after four of the alleged conspirators were arrested in Auckland, New Zealand. Three suspects remain at large, according to the Justice Department. Two corporations – Megaupload Limited and Vestor Limited – were indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on January 5th, 2012, and charged with “engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiring to commit copyright infringement, conspiring to commit money laundering and two substantive counts of criminal copyright infringement.” On January 19, 2012, the authorities executed in excess of 20 search warrants in the United States and eight other countries. This is where one of those took place.

Prosecutors said the conspiracy was led by Kim Dotcom, a 37-year-old resident of Hong Kong and New Zealand, and a dual citizen of Finland and Germany, who had legally changed his last name. Dotcom founded Megaupload Ltd. and is the director and sole shareholder of Vestor Ltd., according to the indictment.

In 2010, Dotcom received more than $42 million from the conspiracy, the indictment alleges. Dotcom, who also goes by Kim Schmitz and Kim Tim Jim Vestor, was one of those arrested. In 2002, Dotcom, then using the name Schmitz, was deported from Thailand to Germany to face insider trading and fraud charges. He was a hacker who cracked the computer systems of banks and government organizations including those of Citibank Ltd. and the U.S. Pentagon, then fled to Thailand to avoid indictment in Germany, Deutsche Presse Agentur reported. The other three taken into custody were: Finn Batato, a German resident and chief marketing officer, Mathias Ortmann, co-founder and director, and Bram van der Kolk, who oversees programming of the Megaupload websites. Julius Bencko, a resident of Slovakia and graphic designer, Sven Echternach, a resident of Germany and head of business development, and Andrus Nomm, a citizen of Estonia and head of software development, were also charged. Assets belonging to the founders including a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe among luxury cars.

Megaupload is advertised as having more than 1 billion visits to the site, more than 150 million registered users, 50 million daily visitors, and accounts for 4 percent of Internet traffic, prosecutors said. The case is U.S. v. Dotcom, 12-00003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria).]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.66126883,-36.72706480tlp333 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The country/pop singer/songwriter lived on this 42,000-acre sheep farm with her music producer husband Mutt Lange. They sold a chateau in Switzerland back in 2006 and that property is also featured on this site.

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The New Zealand businessman lives here. He is the richest person in New Zealand and Australasia with a personal fortune of NZ$8.8 billion.

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Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz, January 21, 1974), also known as Kimble and Kim Tim Jim Vestor, is a German-Finnish computer programmer and businessman who generated much publicity during the dot-com bubble and was convicted of insider trading, and embezzlement in its aftermath. He is also known as the founder of Megaupload and associated sites. On January 20, 2012, he was in the custody of the New Zealand police under charges of criminal copyright infringement related to the Megaupload site. He is known for his large frame as he stands 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) and weighs in at 285 pounds (129 kg).

Megaupload Limited businesses
On 21 March 2005, Schmitz founded Megaupload Limited, a Hong Kong-based file hosting and sharing business that eventually became the 13th most popular site on the internet with over 150 employees, US $175 million revenues, 50 million visitors daily, and estimated to be responsible at its peak for 4% of all internet traffic.

The business branched out into other file and media sharing, including image hosting and video hosting services known as Megavideo, Megalive, Megapix and Megabox as well as CUM.com (formerly Megaporn, Megarotic, and Sexuploader) which specialised in hosting pornographic content. (Megaupload itself also allows such content). Other services included Megaclick, Megafund, Megakey and Megapay, all of which were advertisement and financial services. Two additional web sevices, Megabackup and Megamovie, were in development before their closure.

The Megaupload business' domain names were seized and the sites shut down by the U.S. Justice Department on 19 January 2012, following their indictment and arrests of the owners for allegedly operating as an organisation dedicated to copyright infringement.

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Megaupload Limited businesses
On 21 March 2005, Schmitz founded Megaupload Limited, a Hong Kong-based file hosting and sharing business that eventually became the 13th most popular site on the internet with over 150 employees, US $175 million revenues, 50 million visitors daily, and estimated to be responsible at its peak for 4% of all internet traffic.

The business branched out into other file and media sharing, including image hosting and video hosting services known as Megavideo, Megalive, Megapix and Megabox as well as CUM.com (formerly Megaporn, Megarotic, and Sexuploader) which specialised in hosting pornographic content. (Megaupload itself also allows such content). Other services included Megaclick, Megafund, Megakey and Megapay, all of which were advertisement and financial services. Two additional web sevices, Megabackup and Megamovie, were in development before their closure.

The Megaupload business' domain names were seized and the sites shut down by the U.S. Justice Department on 19 January 2012, following their indictment and arrests of the owners for allegedly operating as an organisation dedicated to copyright infringement.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.66258300,-36.72647600adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The Dry Creek Quarry on Hayward's Hill Road was used as the setting for Helm's Deep - the scene of The Two Towers' climactic battle. This fortification was the largest and most detailed set from The Lord of the Rings. The stunning set includes details right down to paving stones and statues. Filming of the Helm's Deep scenes took place at night over several weeks in an arduous schedule that exhausted actors and crew.

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Matamata, which now proudly advertises itself as Hobbiton, has a Tourist Information Centre at 45 Broadway. You can visit what remains of the Hobbiton set (on guided tours only) with Rings Scenic Tours Ltd.

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Lord of the Rings: Harcourt Park, Akatarawa Road, Upper Hutt, 20 miles north of Wellington, became’ Isengard’, the realm of the evil Saruman (Christopher Lee), who has an army of Orcs use ropes to pull down trees to fuel his forge (don’t worry, they were old trees shipped in and erected for the movie). In June 2002, the remains of the tree, with bolts still embedded, could still be seen.

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Lord of the Rings: the woods of ‘Lothlorien’, where Frodo gets help and advice from elf queen Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), are the gardens of Fernside Lodge, a homestead inn about two miles from Featherston, Wairarapa, about 40 miles east of Wellington. Here you can see the White Bridge.

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In Kaitoke Regional Park, about 8 miles from Upper Hutt City, the elvish realm ‘Rivendell’ from Lord of the Rings was built. This is where Frodo recovers from his wound and the Fellowship is formed. The ‘Silverlode River’ and Galadriel’s swan-boat also filmed here. The ‘Great River Anduin’ is the Hutt River between Moonshine Bridge and Poets Park.

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New Zealand Navy base in Auckland, New Zealand.
The Ship in the middle is possibly the HMNZS TE KAHA F77 Frigate, the ship at the bottom is the HMNZS ENDEAVOUR A11 support ship and the ship at the top is a retired Frigate.

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The Ship in the middle is possibly the HMNZS TE KAHA F77 Frigate, the ship at the bottom is the HMNZS ENDEAVOUR A11 support ship and the ship at the top is a retired Frigate.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.78504500,-36.83061900kjfitz (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The Aramoana massacre was a mass murder that occurred on 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township of Aramoana, New Zealand. Resident David Gray, a 33-year-old unemployed man, began indiscriminately shooting people in the township with a scoped semi-automatic rifle, after a verbal dispute with his next-door neighbour. He shot neighbours and a family visiting the township, killing thirteen people, including local police Sergeant Stewart Guthrie, first responder to the reports of a shooting. After a careful house-by-house search the next day, police officers led by the Special Tactics Group located Gray and shot him dead as he came out of a house firing from the hip (media reporting at the time called the group by the pre-1990 name, the Anti Terrorist Squad). It is the deadliest criminal shooting in New Zealand history.

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Pakatoa Island(tie) New Zealand
$35 million (A$46.8 million, C$39.6 million, €29 million , £20 million , Rs1.5 billion)
Most of the islands in Hauraki Gulf have been set aside as reserves. Pakatoa, which is occupied by an inactive resort, is one of the few exceptions. Among its amenities are 24 beachside cabins, 38 hillside cottages, a nine-hole golf course, beaches, two mini tennis courts, a bowling green, squash court, gym and restaurant. Pakatoa is about 30 miles from Auckland, and is accessible by boat or plane (it has its own landing strip).

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$35 million (A$46.8 million, C$39.6 million, €29 million , £20 million , Rs1.5 billion)
Most of the islands in Hauraki Gulf have been set aside as reserves. Pakatoa, which is occupied by an inactive resort, is one of the few exceptions. Among its amenities are 24 beachside cabins, 38 hillside cottages, a nine-hole golf course, beaches, two mini tennis courts, a bowling green, squash court, gym and restaurant. Pakatoa is about 30 miles from Auckland, and is accessible by boat or plane (it has its own landing strip).]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314175.19436100,-36.79646800yubyub41 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Banks Peninsula formed as two supervolcanoes. The craters of these dormant volcanoes are visible as inlets coming in from the Pacific Ocean.

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The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. However most people incorrectly refer to the House of Representatives as 'Parliament'. The House of Representatives usually consists of 120 Members of Parliament (currently 121 due to an overhang). MPs are directly elected by universal suffrage. New Zealand essentially follows the Westminster system of government, and is governed by a cabinet and Prime Minister chosen by the House of Representatives.

The Parliament was established by the British New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 which established a bicameral legislature, but the upper house, the Legislative Council, was abolished in 1951 so Parliament is now unicameral. Parliament received full control over all New Zealand affairs in 1947 with the passage of the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act.

Parliament is physically located in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.

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The Parliament was established by the British New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 which established a bicameral legislature, but the upper house, the Legislative Council, was abolished in 1951 so Parliament is now unicameral. Parliament received full control over all New Zealand affairs in 1947 with the passage of the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act.

Parliament is physically located in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.77652700,-41.27812900gamma (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Construction on a hydroelectric dam began in 1959. The power station was commissioned in 1967. Te Mahoe village, still in existence, was built for dam construction workers. The dam was in a geologically unsound location – between 1967 and 1987 it shifted downstream almost 1 metre and moved another 150 mm after the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake (magnitude 6.3). The dam was later strengthened. There were extensive consultations with the Ngāti Awa tribe, who were prominent in the completion ceremony in August 1998.

The largest earth dam in the North Island, situated on the Rangitaiki River. Construction was approved in 1959 with the scheme finally commissioned in 1967. After sustaining damage in an earthquake of Richter scale magnitude 6.3 in 1987, the scheme was decommissioned for seven months in 1988 to allow repairs including substantial strengthening of the dam to reduce it's hazard rating. This work occurred during 1997-98, immediately prior to the TrustPower purchase of the scheme. With a 61 metre head of water behind an 86 meter high dam, the Matahina station has two 36,000 kW generators producing an average annual output of 300 GWh.

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The largest earth dam in the North Island, situated on the Rangitaiki River. Construction was approved in 1959 with the scheme finally commissioned in 1967. After sustaining damage in an earthquake of Richter scale magnitude 6.3 in 1987, the scheme was decommissioned for seven months in 1988 to allow repairs including substantial strengthening of the dam to reduce it's hazard rating. This work occurred during 1997-98, immediately prior to the TrustPower purchase of the scheme. With a 61 metre head of water behind an 86 meter high dam, the Matahina station has two 36,000 kW generators producing an average annual output of 300 GWh.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314176.81461900,-38.11412300Hinkkanen (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Bristol Freighter Mk.31 at Founders Museum, Nelson, New Zealand, picture here. This particular aircraft served first with Pakistan Air Force and later with SAFE Air until 1986. History of Freighters in New Zealand here.

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The New Zealand National War Memorial is located next to the New Zealand Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, in Wellington, the nation's capital. It was dedicated in 1932 on Anzac Day in commemoration of the First World War.

The memorial also officially remembers the New Zealanders who gave their lives in the South African War, World War II and the wars in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The War Memorial consists of the War Memorial Carillon, the Hall of Memories, and an unknown New Zealand warrior interred in a tomb constructed in 2004 in front of the Hall of Memories. Four Rolls of Honour bear the names and ranks of 28,654 New Zealanders. Lyndon Smith's bronze statue of a family group is the focal point for the complex, which is visited by approximately 20,000 people a year.

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The memorial also officially remembers the New Zealanders who gave their lives in the South African War, World War II and the wars in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The War Memorial consists of the War Memorial Carillon, the Hall of Memories, and an unknown New Zealand warrior interred in a tomb constructed in 2004 in front of the Hall of Memories. Four Rolls of Honour bear the names and ranks of 28,654 New Zealanders. Lyndon Smith's bronze statue of a family group is the focal point for the complex, which is visited by approximately 20,000 people a year.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.77749200,-41.29851200dansimon803 (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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James Cameron is a Canadian/American director. He is known for movies such as Titanic (1997) and The Terminator (1984). He has multiple properties in the United States as well as in New Zealand, falling in love with the country while filming Avatar here.. Starting in 2012, he has spent tens of millions of dollars on real estate near Wellington, New Zealand. He bought this house on Lake Pounui in the summer of 2012.

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Movie Set from The Lord of the Rings.

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A short straight street of some 350 metres length, Baldwin Street runs east from the valley of the Lindsay Creek up the side of Signal Hill. Its lower reaches are of only moderate steepness, and the surface is asphalt, but the upper reaches of this cul-de-sac are far steeper, and surfaced in concrete, for ease of maintenance (tar seal would flow down the slope on a warm day) and for safety in Dunedin's frosty winters. At its maximum, the slope of Baldwin Street is approximately 1:2.86 (19° or 35%) - that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the elevation rises by 1 metre.

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This rather rare aircraft, long since retired, now serves as a cafeteria.

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Stonehenge Aotearoa is not a replica of the ruin on Salisbury Plain in England. It is a complete and working structure designed and built for its precise location in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand. The henge stones, viewed from the centre, mark the daily rise and set positions of the sun, moon and bright stars. The henge also forms a Polynesian star compass marking the bearings taken by Polynesian sailors to and from Aotearoa.

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The Government House, Wellington is the Official residence of the Governor-General of New Zealand.

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A Fonterra truck, fully laden with 25,000 litres of milk, had veered off State Highway 2 and was on a collision course with three houses in Waipawa, 40km from Hastings.

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The Auckland Sky Tower is located at West Victoria and Federal Streets and is part of the Sky City convention center and theatre complex. Complete in 1997, the tower is 1,076 ft tall, the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

KZ1, designed by Bruce Farr, was skippered by David Barnes along with a crew of 40 from the Mercury Bay Boating Club in Whitianga. The KZ1 was given the nickname of the Big Boat or Big Beauty by financial backer, Sir Michael Fay. Many saw the size and wide deck gave the boat a nick-name of The aircraft carrier.

KZ1 prompted American skipper Dennis Conner to build a catamaran Stars & Stripes (US-1). Conner won the challenge, but most of the battle was fought in court. The KZ1 is now on display near the National Maritime Museum in Auckland.

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KZ1, designed by Bruce Farr, was skippered by David Barnes along with a crew of 40 from the Mercury Bay Boating Club in Whitianga. The KZ1 was given the nickname of the Big Boat or Big Beauty by financial backer, Sir Michael Fay. Many saw the size and wide deck gave the boat a nick-name of The aircraft carrier.

KZ1 prompted American skipper Dennis Conner to build a catamaran Stars & Stripes (US-1). Conner won the challenge, but most of the battle was fought in court. The KZ1 is now on display near the National Maritime Museum in Auckland.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.76401600,-36.84247800TexasAndroid (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The New Zealand Cricket Museum is the heritage arm of New Zealand Cricket based in the Old Grandstand at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, and houses a wealth of cricket treasures and artefacts.

It also has a research and lending library with an extensive range of cricket books. The New Zealand Cricket Museum Trust manages the museum in partnership with the Wellington Museums Trust and New Zealand Cricket.

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It also has a research and lending library with an extensive range of cricket books. The New Zealand Cricket Museum Trust manages the museum in partnership with the Wellington Museums Trust and New Zealand Cricket.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.78083100,-41.29961400TheAllSeeingI (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Racing circuit that hosted Australian V8 Supercars. The used circuit isthe dark tarmac strip and not the dirt oval.

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Government House is the Auckland residence of the Governor-General of New Zealand.

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Eden Park is the main sports ground in Auckland, New Zealand for both rugby union during winter, and cricket in summer.

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One of the last Bristol Freighters to fly in New Zealand, now retired as a static display at Omaka Airfield.

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Hotchin is a New Zealand property developer and financier. In 2006, Forbes listed him among the 40 richest people in Australia & New Zealand, with a personal wealth of $490 million.
He originally planned to live in the mega mansion, but is now selling it ($50 million record price tag).
The house has been the target of much of the public's ill-feeling towards Hotchin. In 2009, pizza company Hell Pizza set up a large billboard on a trailer outside the house to advertise pizza based on the seven deadly sins.

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He originally planned to live in the mega mansion, but is now selling it ($50 million record price tag).
The house has been the target of much of the public's ill-feeling towards Hotchin. In 2009, pizza company Hell Pizza set up a large billboard on a trailer outside the house to advertise pizza based on the seven deadly sins.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.81019900,-36.85244700adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Dig Dug (ディグダグ Digu Dagu?) is an arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan in 1982 for Namco Galaga hardware. It was later published outside of Japan by Atari. A popular game based on a simple concept, it was also released as a video game on many consoles.

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Was used as "Mount Doom" in the Lord of the Rings movies.

Pukaki Lagoon Explosion Crater is between 80,000 and 100,000 years old and is being sold as part of a 62.3-hectare property on Pukaki Rd.

A lake existed in the crater between 70,000 and 80,000 years ago and it was also used as a speedway circuit in the 1930s.

The sale includes 26 hectares of freehold land circling and sloping down to 36.3 hectares of leasehold land containing the crater, which has been farmed in conjunction with the surrounding freehold land.

The Prangley family has owned the freehold land since the 1940s and has a lessee's interest in the lagoon crater land under a perpetually renewable lease from the Pukaki Maori Marae Committee.

Pukaki Marae is on the crater rim.

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Pukaki Lagoon Explosion Crater is between 80,000 and 100,000 years old and is being sold as part of a 62.3-hectare property on Pukaki Rd.

A lake existed in the crater between 70,000 and 80,000 years ago and it was also used as a speedway circuit in the 1930s.

The sale includes 26 hectares of freehold land circling and sloping down to 36.3 hectares of leasehold land containing the crater, which has been farmed in conjunction with the surrounding freehold land.

The Prangley family has owned the freehold land since the 1940s and has a lessee's interest in the lagoon crater land under a perpetually renewable lease from the Pukaki Maori Marae Committee.

Pukaki Marae is on the crater rim.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.81136300,-36.98342600Parabellum (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont is an active but quiescent stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. The 2518-metre-high mountain is one of the most symmetrical volcanic cones in the world.

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Only this one frame in Google Street View in Hamilton, NZ shows the V8 Supercars being primed, large marquees, spectator stands for hundreds of fans, and race headquarters.

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Note the perfectly circular demarcation around the mountain. This is the "Mt Fuji" from the Last Samurai movie that was filmed in New Zealand.

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The Government Communications Security Bureau operates what it describes as a satellite communications monitoring facility in the Waihopai Valley, which it refers to simply as GCSB Waihopai. It has been identified by MP Keith Locke, and others, as part of ECHELON, the worldwide network of signals interception facilities run by the UKUSA consortium of intelligence agencies.

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Here the creatures and the visual effects for the Lord of the Rings cinema trilogy have been made.

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The National Art Gallery was opened in 1936 and occupied the first floor of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, Wellington. It was originally populated with a collection gifted from the Academy of Fine Arts.

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The official residence of the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

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The Sky Tower is an observation- and telecommunications tower located on the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets in the Auckland CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand. It is 328 metres tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, and the 12th tallest member of the World Federation of Great Towers. Due to its shape and height, especially when compared to the next tallest buildings, it has become an iconic Auckland structure, often used in logos and promotions.

The landmark is part of the SKYCITY Auckland casino complex, owned and operated by SKYCITY Entertainment Group.

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The landmark is part of the SKYCITY Auckland casino complex, owned and operated by SKYCITY Entertainment Group.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.76222500,-36.84863300adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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Works on the Tarmac

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One of two submarine minelaying vessels brought out from England in 1903, the Janie Seddon was based in Wellington and its twin, the Lady Roberts was based in Auckland. She was used in port during both world wars and was the Examination Vessel during WWII.

About 1936 Janie Seddon was purchased by Talleys Fisheries as their first vessel. In 2006 she had become a rusting hulk on the Motueka foreshore near Talleys headquarters.

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About 1936 Janie Seddon was purchased by Talleys Fisheries as their first vessel. In 2006 she had become a rusting hulk on the Motueka foreshore near Talleys headquarters.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314173.02493000,-41.12333800adrbr (VirtualGlobetrotting)
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The theater of the land of Peter Jackson did this Dragon for the "Lord of the Ring" release.
Ground picture :
http://www.tobias-thierer.de/albums/nz_wellington/welly_12.jpg

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Whakaari/White Island is an active andesite stratovolcano, situated 48 km from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. It is one of the four islands in the Olive island chain. The nearest mainland towns are Whakatane and Tauranga. The island is roughly circular, about two km in diameter, and rises to a height of 321 m above sea level. However this is only the peak of a much larger submarine mountain, which rises up to 1600 m above the nearby seafloor.

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A hot air balloon crashed into this field in rural New Zealand after hitting power lines near the town of Carterton. All 11 people on board, 5 couples and the pilot, were killed in the tragic accident. Two of those killed jumped to their deaths before the balloon crashed; the rest were found here.

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Odd earthworks near Auckland's airport in Mangere, New Zealand. A first I thought it might be a sewage pond, but I don't think so... Also, notice all the little circles around it? It all seems related to the air port.

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The Wairakei Power Station is a geothermal power station near the Wairakei Geothermal Field in New Zealand. Wairakei lies in the Taupo Volcanic Zone.

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This is the set used to film parts of the Lord of the Ring trilogy. The Green Dragon is in the background.

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Rangitoto Island is the largest, youngest and one of the least modified of about 50 volcanic cones and craters in the Auckland volcanic field.

It erupted from the sea in a series of dramatic explosions around 600 years ago, and is now extinct. It dominates the local seascape and a visit there is like stepping into another world. The island is a public reserve managed by the Department of Conservation and is famed world-wide as a botanical gem.

With the explosive growth of plant life since it erupted from the sea 600-700 years ago there are now more than 200 species of native plants, including 40 species of fern. Many of the plants are unusual hybrids, like the tree-perching epiphytes which grow on the ground and sub-alpine moss cushions thriving at sea level. The island's predominantly pohutukawa forest is the largest in the country.

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It erupted from the sea in a series of dramatic explosions around 600 years ago, and is now extinct. It dominates the local seascape and a visit there is like stepping into another world. The island is a public reserve managed by the Department of Conservation and is famed world-wide as a botanical gem.

With the explosive growth of plant life since it erupted from the sea 600-700 years ago there are now more than 200 species of native plants, including 40 species of fern. Many of the plants are unusual hybrids, like the tree-perching epiphytes which grow on the ground and sub-alpine moss cushions thriving at sea level. The island's predominantly pohutukawa forest is the largest in the country.]]>1root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x304+hicon=0x314174.85977200,-36.78772000